What some of your favorite setups when it comes to crappie fishing.
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What some of your favorite setups when it comes to crappie fishing.
You know single hooks, double hooks, cranking, etc....
Single hook. One jig. One pole. Sometimes 2 poles if conditions allow.
one at a time of everything...not a good multitasker.......
Hard to pin down a favorite...whichever one causes a thrashing resistance at the end of my line...usually changes every trip. ;)
My favorite set up is: A boat, a pole, a beer, my old man and/or my daughter.
Anything else is just details.
Poor guy...probably actually tryin to learn something. I cant help it... my first instinct is sarcasm....rotfl I enjoy tightlining a little bitty hair jig around structure and waiting for that thump. But cant always do that.. It still really depends on conditions, time of year ETC. I guess part of the fun is figuring out whats on their menu for the day...if anything.
I do it all depending on the lake and conditions etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Progator135
I use a slip cork and tube jig and change depths often till I start getting bit...then it gets a lot easier. I ain't figured out tight lining yet cause I have trouble knowing what depth I'm fishing at so the slip cork makes it easier for me. IMO depth is by far the most important factor. You can be fishing the right structure the right total depth of water and the right color, but if your bait is 2 feet above or below the fish, you ain't catching squat. Sometimes I get my first bite fishing to deep and the fish will pick it up about a foot or two before the jig gets to the depth it's set at, that's when I know to shallow up. Oh and some times you just gotta throw a beetle spin around to catch em. Who knows...
I keep a few poles rigged up - a double drop shot rig, slip cork rig, and a casting rig for road runners, etc. when I don't know what to expect. I pre-tie leaders to attach to a snap with different hook sizes, etc. In that manner I can pick on the bream if the crappie aren't interested.
I keep my eye on my fish finder.....I set my depth according to how deep the fish are showing on it. They will come up a couple ft.to hit a bait but they will not go down.
Hey Bear,Quote:
Originally Posted by BEAR2010
Great question.
My favorite is swimming a 3tail. But my go to is a 1/16 minnow head black n chartreuse tube tight lined. HTH
Me personally I use single pole, single jig under a cork majority of the time. Sometime I may use a double jig tight lining, or jig and minnow combo when fishing deep. It just depends on what the fish want. Great wealth of information provide on this question though. Thanks.
Slow rolling beetle spin or RR,after cranking and tightlining:twocents
How large of an area you need for cranking?
Large if you are pulling. Not much if pushing.
:hesaid